#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
#include<bits/stdc++.h>
typedef long long ll;
ll dfs(ll v ,vector<ll>*adj,ll *vis,ll &d)
{
vis[v]=1;
for(int i=0;i<adj[v].size();i++)
{
if(!vis[adj[v][i]])
{
d++;
return dfs(adj[v][i] ,adj,vis,d);
}
}
return v;
}
int main()
{
ll v,x,y,n,e;
cin>>v;
if(v==1)
{
cout<<0;
}
else
{
vector<ll>adj[v];
e=v-1;
while(e--)
{
cin>>x>>y;
x--;
y--;
adj[x].push_back(y);
adj[y].push_back(x);
}
ll vis[v]={0};
ll d=0;
ll x1 = dfs( x ,adj,vis,d);
//cout<<d<<endl;
d=0;
for(int i=0;i<v;i++)
{
vis[i]=0;
}
ll x2 = dfs( x1 ,adj,vis,d);
cout<<d;
}
}
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